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Submit Charter 20-Day Data and Extraordinary Cost Pool Claims

A shared deadline with separate charter-growth and special-education claim workflows, evidence, approvers, and delivery requirements.

  • Principal Apportionment
  • Charter Funding
  • Extraordinary Cost Pool
Date(s) November 2, 2026
Applies to Qualifying new/expanding charter schools and LEAs/SELPAs submitting applicable 2025–26 Annual ECP claims

In Plain Language: Complete each applicable workflow independently: charter 20-Day forms for special advance funding, and supported nonpublic-school or necessary-small-SELPA extraordinary-cost claims with required paid-invoice documentation.

Why this matters

The common deadline can obscure different programs and owners. Missing hard-copy/postmark or invoice support can defeat an otherwise complete online claim.

Primary ownership

Primary owner: PADC coordinator routes applicability. Partners: charter business/authorizer, special education/SELPA, accounts payable, fiscal, vendors, and CDE PASE.

November 2, 2026 decision path separating Charter 20-Day work for qualifying new or expanding charter schools from Extraordinary Cost Pool claims for nonpublic-school costs and Necessary Small SELPAs.
Use the November 2 decision path to identify the applicable submission, then keep the charter and ECP evidence packets separate.

From applicability to separate charter and ECP submissions: the SDLA ITO workflow

Charter 20-Day forms and Extraordinary Cost Pool claims share a deadline but are separate workflows with separate approvers. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the applicability decision, charter enrollment data, and claim calculations and invoices become the applicability record, the source data and calculations, and the receipt evidence.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the applicability decision, charter enrollment data, and claim calculations and invoices, through applicability, reconciling data or validating claims, approvals, and delivery, to the applicability record, the source data and calculations, and the receipt evidence.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers applicability, reconciling data or validating claims, approvals, and delivery; Output covers the applicability record, the source data and calculations, and the receipt evidence. Submit by November 2, 2026.

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Operational workflow

  1. Determine which of the three listed submissions applies.
  2. For charter forms, reconcile actual early enrollment/attendance to estimates and route approvals.
  3. For ECP claims, validate pupil eligibility, costs, offsets, paid invoices, and SELPA/LEA approvals.
  4. Complete online and physical/electronic delivery steps as applicable.
  5. Confirm receipt and retain separate final packets.

Implementation pathway

Applicability
Charter data or ECP claim
Validate/approve
Deliver
Confirm

Evidence to retain

  • Applicability record
  • Charter source data
  • Claim calculations/invoices
  • Approvals
  • Receipt/postmark evidence

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify the live CDE calendar, current CALPADS/PADC instructions, local source records, required partner approvals, and final posted or certified state before acting.